Case Study: Five Steps from Sentara Health for Room Cleaning
Facilities still struggle with infection control, whether it’s hospital floors, fungi on doorknobs, or Legionella in the pipes.
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Gearing Up for Patient Safety Awareness Week
The goal of the week is to “have a visible and focused discussion on patient safety,” Gandhi says. “We promote tools that organizations and patients can be using throughout the year.”
Not Tolerated: Sexual Harassment in Healthcare
Healthcare organizations (HCO) must get proactive about preventing, investigating, and resolving sexual harassment claims and violations.
Jury’s In: Opioids Are Not Better Than Other Medicines For Chronic Pain
Even though millions of people take the drugs for long periods of time, there is little evidence to support that use.
Balanced IV Fluids Seem to be Safer than Saline in ICU
Giving balanced crystalloids led to a lower rate of composite outcome of death from any cause.
Hospital Violence Need Not Be ‘Part of the Job’
Tolerance may add to problem, expert says.
Report: Six Opportunities to Improve Patient Safety
Up to 17 percent of all hospitalizations are affected by one or more adverse events and around 15% of hospital expenditure is attributable to addressing them.
Drug Shortages Continue to Compromise Patient Care
An exhaustive account of frustrations, difficulties, misspent resources, and safety concerns came across loud and clear from respondents who participated in ISMP’s August through October 2017 national survey on drug shortages.
Expanding a Telehealth Program to Serve More Patients
Instead of conducting telehealth sessions without any stated purpose, specific disease management questions are integrated at specific points in the telehealth process.